Timmy Burns

I haven't posted since January. Wow!

Now that I've got Twitter tied in with Facebook maybe I'll just shamelessly plug this blog for every new update.

I was watching the Discovery channel last night in my hotel room in Roanoke. The show was Inside Planet Earth and it was talking about the core of the planet.

To sum up the show, it basically said that the core of the planet is liquid metal and it creates the magnetic poles that we have now. It also creates a magnetic shield around the Earth that protects us from solar radiation that would ultimately kill all life on the planet. It also spoke about the core cooling slightly (about 6% every 100 years) and eventually the core will no longer produce heat - no more magnetic poles - no more magnetic shield.. well - you can see where this is going.

And now I'm going to get preachy and only slightly scientific so if that's too much for you then stop reading now. But this fucking planet is ALIVE. It is alive in the same way a tree is alive. You cannot see it grow because we, as humans, have developed this sense of urgency. If we don't see quick daily changes then we immediately rule out possibilities. This angers me - no one is opening their god damned eyes.

Global Warming, the Toyota Prius, all this propaganda and government agenda is just a moot point when you look at the big picture. The Earth is going to die because it is using the energy it had to protect us. How small does that make one feel?

The Northern Lights are indeed beautiful - but that magnificent light is the product of the Earths magnetic field trying to fight off solar radiation from entering the atmosphere. A cosmic battle that the Earth may be losing.

Now think about this every day when you get up and thank whoever you pray to that you still exist. It is AMAZING! Do not take life for granted! This makes me feel insignificant but it does not mean that my life is worthless. This makes me want to appreciate everything that I have.

This is exactly why life is not about getting drunk and trying to pick up skeezers at a bar. This is why life is not about buying the most expensive car that you can't really afford or trying to have the biggest house on the street. Those things come from a lack of self-worth .. Realizing how fortunate we are GIVES us self-worth!

There is evidence to suggest that the poles are shifting. We don't know what this means, but it could mean anything from tidal waves to the actual shifting of the Earths rotation. And this brings up new topics..

For one, the magnetic field around the Earth will be gone for several months while the poles change. Two, if the poles change the Earths rotation then our new North and South could be NYC and Tokyo. And IF that happens, think about colonizing the 'old' poles! We would have all new land to build on and to harvest for resources (this assumes that we survive the pole shift, but I have faith that the strong will continue- those with purpose) then we will have another chance to create civilization again and this time we will not fall into overconsumption and destruction - parhaps we will live WITH nature and not destroy it.

Maybe that is what 2012 is about.

Who knows.

If anyone wants to jabber about these topics or anything I said, IM me or fly to Atlanta. My mind is going to go wild down here if I can't spill these crazy ass thoughts out.